Hougang SMC

Hougang
Single Member Constituency for the Parliament of Singapore
Region	Northeastern Singapore
Electorate	24,097
Current constituency
Created	1988
Member(s)	Png Eng Huat
Town Council	Aljunied-Hougang

Hougang Single Member Constituency (Chinese: 后港单选区; Malay: Kawasan Undi Perseorangan Hougang; Tamil: ஹவ்காங் தனித்தொகுதி) is a Single Member Constituency with borders roughly enclosing the town centre of Hougang, located in the north-eastern area of Singapore. It is surrounded by Aljunied Group Representation Constituency (GRC) in the south and east, and Ang Mo Kio GRC in the west. It is currently held by Mr Png Eng Huat, MP from the Workers' Party (WP).

The constituency was formed in 1988 and was barely held by the People's Action Party (PAP) for 3 years. During the 1991 General Elections, the ruling PAP lost the seat to the now secretary-general of the opposition WP, Low Thia Khiang. Hougang SMC has been managed by the WP since then.

Hougang SMC is currently the second-longest-held opposition ward in Singapore (1991-). It had been one of just two opposition-held seats in Parliament in the dawn of the 21st century (the other was Potong Pasir SMC, held by the Singapore People's Party's Chiam See Tong) until the 2011 general elections (when the opposition's presence in Parliament was increased to 6 elected seats in total). Mr Low had served in Hougang for 20 years until he left it to fellow party member Yaw Shin Leong in 2011. The former, as well as Chiam, had decided to experiment with leading a team to contest a nearby GRC (in Low's case, the nearby Aljunied GRC). On election night, Yaw managed to retain the Hougang seat (defeating PAP candidate Desmond Choo). That same night, Mr Low managed to keep his seat in Parliament (this time as MP for Bedok Reservoir-Punggol) when he and his team unseated the PAP incumbents in the GRC, the first time an opposition party has ever unseated the PAP in a GRC.

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